Monday Random Stuff…

CCleaner 5.54
Single issue fix. I would skip this one.
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See also: Blocking A Programs Internet Access Via The Windows Firewall

FinalCrypt 3.3.2
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Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Correction: Last month, we called Zuckerberg a moron. We apologize. In fact, he and Facebook are a fscking disgrace
Analysis In just the latest in a seemingly endless stream of half-truths, Facebook has admitted it misled the public when it claimed that only 5 per cent of the users of its banned tracking app were teenagers.
The real figure, the Silicon Valley wunderkind has since confirmed to US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), was nearly four times higher: 18 per cent.
#DeleteFacebook

If you’ve added your phone number to Facebook for 2FA security, it can be used to search for you
But if you’ve used your mobile number to secure your account with 2FA, even if it is not visible to others, it can still be used to search for you — and there is no way to opt out of this.
Seriously, why are people still using Fbook?

Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel
Google has declined to remove from its app store a Saudi government app which lets men track women and control where they travel, on the grounds that it meets all their terms and conditions.
Last time I posted about this issue I got a nasty comment posted from a spam account in Saudi Arabia. I thought I would post the follow up just to piss them off. GFY. You owe me and over 650,000 of my brothers and sisters for keeping Saddam from rolling over your country.

More people bought physical CDs and vinyl than songs on iTunes last year
Sales from individual song downloads have unsurprisingly been falling with no end in sight, thanks to the convenience of streaming options like Spotify and Apple Music. A new report, though, makes clear just how few people there are these days who will buy individual digital songs — there are so few of them, in fact, that they were outnumbered in 2018 by people who went old-school and bought actual compact discs and vinyl records.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, total download sales in 2018 — for which iTunes led the pack — dropped almost 30%, to a little more than $1 billion. Purchases of full album downloads likewise fell, by 25%
I buy CD’s. From the artist when I can, Amazon when I can’t. If I only want one song I will get it from Amazon.
I rip my CD’s to FLAC only these days.

Cruise Line Issues Warning About The Bahamas
“We feel it is important to make our guests aware that Nassau has been experiencing an increase in crime. Non-violent crimes, such as theft of personal items, are the most common types of crimes being committed.”
Just like everywhere else in the islands. Example: Went to Jamaica, warnings everywhere. Resort had Pepsi products and I wanted a Coke. Bartender, a local mind you, said, “The store at the end of the street has Cokes but, don’t you go. Give the taxi driver out front a 5 and he will get it for you. It isn’t safe.” It was the middle of the afternoon.

Relocate or risk unemployment; closing GM plants leave employees with painful choice
Hundreds of workers at four General Motors plants slated to close this year are facing a painful choice: Take the company’s offer to work at another factory — possibly hundreds of miles away — even if that means leaving behind their families, their homes and everything they’ve built. Or stay and risk losing their high-paying jobs.
Welcome to 1982 in Michigan.

We were just talking about Bob Seger…

Bob Seger – Makin’ Thunderbirds
The big line moved one mile an hour
So loud it really hurt
The big line moved so loud
It really hurt
Back in ’55
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We filled conveyors
We met production
Foremen didn’t waste words
We met production
Foremen didn’t waste words
We were young and proud
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were makin’ thunderbirds
They were long and low and sleek and fast
They were all you ever heard
Back in ’55
We were makin’ thunderbirds
Now the years have flown and the plants have changed
And you’re lucky if you work
The big line moves but you’re lucky if you work
Back in ’55
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were makin’ thunderbirds
They were long and low and sleek and fast
They were classic in a word
Back in ’55
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were young and proud
We were makin’ thunderbirds
We were young and sure
We were makin’ thunderbirds